Chapter 361 Black Liaohe
The Khitan army came faster than Song Jiu thought.
The two major areas of Khitan are Yanyun. Among the various Khitan races, the first nobles are the Khitan tribes and the Xi tribes, and the second nobles are the Han people. It is not that the Liao Kingdom is good to the Han people, but that it is inseparable from Yanyun's food and economy. This is just like the Northern Wei Dynasty. Maybe they look down on the Han people, but if they want to rule the Central Plains, they have to take over the Han people.
Then there is the coastal area of Liaodong.
Although Zhongjing and Shangjing are important, they have no resources.
The Liaohe River Basin is the core area.
Xianzhou is already located in the upper reaches of the Liao River, and it is just a blink of an eye from Tokyo.
Once Liaodong is shaken, and the south is in a tragic battle with the Song Dynasty, the entire Liao Kingdom may collapse.
So the Khitan sent Yelu Amuli to lead the army, Xiao Qinde was the capital, and Yelu Mo only stayed for Tokyo, and brought 10,000 troops, as well as some Bohai soldiers and Han soldiers from Liaodong. There were about 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, claiming to be 100,000, and rushed towards Xianzhou.
When Song Jiu asked Wu Xuanming to send envoys to surrender and pay tribute, he secretly gave in to inquire about the Khitan information.
This opportunity is rare.
After hearing a lot of news about the Khitan, it seemed that Yelu Amuli and Xiao Qinde were two brave generals. As for Yelu Mo, he was an old friend. Although he had not fought, he once fought in Baima Mountain as Yelu Sha's subordinate, and Guo Jin killed very badly. Then he followed Yelu Xiuge in Youzhou, and then made contributions and forgiven his crimes.
All three generals should be able to show off.
But Song Jiu was not afraid. What he was afraid of was Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xizhen. If one of these two people came, Song Jiu would have a headache.
The Liao army rushed to the city of Xianzhou.
Xianzhou City had not yet been built. However, the city sites chosen by Song Jiu all refer to the original demonstration of Taiyuan City in the Northern Han Dynasty. Surrounding the water and mountains, the terrain is dangerous.
New Xianzhou was expanded on the original Xianzhou city. It was built against Wushan in the southeast and Heiliao River on the west side. All plains were built and it was not enough to be built along the foothills, so people were sent to lay down fences, and countless deer and horses were arranged on the fences, and deep trenches were dug in front to defend.
The three main generals of the Liao Kingdom were stunned at first. Could it be that the barbaric Jurchens were enlightened?
However, their troops were sufficient and the city was not built, so they launched an order to attack the city just after they had set up a camp.
At this time, there were not many troops in the city. Although they were going south, they were killed, but some troops were recruited. At the same time, some of the original surrendered troops from the two states were recruited. In fact, the troops heading south did not decrease at this time, but instead expanded to more than 16,000 people.
However, Song Jiu had no idea where he got 10,000 soldiers and horses. At this time, there were only 6,000 soldiers and horses in the city. Seeing the black Khitan army, many people became scared and found Song Jiu.
They didn't know Song Jiu's true identity. But they wouldn't be too clear even if they knew it. The reason for keeping it secret was to guard against the Khitan, but these leaders all knew that Song Jiu was a big man sent by the Song Dynasty and helped them.
After listening to them, Song Jiu smiled and said, "Come on, let me teach you how to defend the city."
It was not Song Jiu who taught them, but Gao Qiong personally directed everyone to defend themselves.
The fierce offensive and defensive battle began.
Yelu Mozhi felt something was wrong for a moment. The Jurchens were very barbaric, which made the Khitan feel a headache. However, the Jurchens were backward in civilization and were transforming from primitive clans to slavery. There was no decent iron smelting technology and weapons. They used the products they produced such advanced weapons to trade with Liao Kingdom or others.
I realized at that time that it was provided by the Song Dynasty.
However, the three of them were still a little careless. They did not expect that the Song Dynasty would provide such thorough assistance, and even Song Jiu came to guide him personally.
Therefore, it was ordered to continue to attack Xianzhou City.
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"It's been three days." Shi Pu said.
The sunset dyed Wushan golden, and the flowers bloomed in the south about spring. Many places on Wushan's back sunny areas also contain white snow, like jade.
Not far away is the black Liao River, with waves and rapid water flowing.
Yang Yanyu nodded.
These three days were very important. The Liao army despised it and walked a long distance without rest. When they were in a hurry to attack the city, they were making Zhao Kuangyi's mistake.
The new Bohai Kingdom is also very important. The Liao Kingdom is not very familiar with siege and defense, and the Jurchens are even more so. These three days of offensive and defensive battles are just a great opportunity for a practical exercise.
Several heavy generals and generals under Wu Xuanming stood up one after another.
Ten thousand troops were divided into two groups, and took advantage of the bright moon in the first half of March to break out of Wushan.
The ambushers outside the city were dispatched, and there was no rest in the city.
Song Jiu called out the leaders and rewarded more than 600 princes in Wuxuanming, Huanglong Mansion. The princes were as cheap as cow dung in the northeast in an instant. If there were too many, it would be worthless, but it would be disgusting to the Khitan. The Khitan would inevitably show a picture to win over and divide in the future, but would it really be for them to be a high-ranking official? It wasn't it that he was a three-month prince and was named a prince. But now is the three-month prince of Liaodong effective?
But in fact, only more than twenty major tribal leaders entered the core circle of decisive affairs.
Song Jiu asked them to say, "Everyone, you will surely win a great victory tomorrow."
"Why?" asked a leader.
Song Jiu then said the plan, and then said: "The Liao army mainly gathered in Yanyun. Liaodong is empty. This battle will win you precious breathing time. There are two options. One is to take down Tokyo City and shake the entire Liaodong. The second is to bring all the things you can bring, burn all the things you can't take, and kill all the way to Tokyo and Shenzhou, and transfer the people to the rear to the greatest extent and expand the strength of your troops. Then retreat to Xianzhou and strictly prevent them in Xianzhou and Changchun Prefecture. After a few years, when your strength gradually grows, when our dynasty sends troops to Yanyun, you will send troops to Liaodong and restore the glory of the Great Bohai Kingdom."
This is obviously too difficult for these leaders.
Besides, there are still tens of thousands of troops outside the city of Khitan. Thanks for defeating them, I also want to occupy Tokyo City.
Wu Xuanming asked, "Mr. Song, what do you think?"
"The first choice is beneficial to our dynasty. You fight against the Liao Kingdom so bloody. It just so happens that our dynasty can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger. But I don't want that. Once you take down Tokyo City, you will still be like the same as before. If you are heavy and shallow, you will be defeated in one battle. Therefore, I think it is the second choice. Also, you should pay attention to two people in the future, one is Yelu Xiuge, and the other is Yelu Xiuge. Yelu Xiuge is brave in military force, almost no one in the world can defeat them. Yelu Xiuzhen uses cunning military force, just like a thousand-year-old fairy. If these two people come, don't fight and defend the city. If the city cannot defend, retreat step by step, waste them to death, and cannot show off their power and force them to fight."
"Okay." Wu Xuanming and Yan were quite in mind.
This is Song Jiu's final explanation.
After this battle, he and Gao Qiong returned to the Central Plains first.
The night is getting darker.
There was a snoring sound from the Liao army camp. After three consecutive days of attack, all the soldiers felt tired.
Suddenly, countless shouts came out, and then fires surged into the sky from behind.
Yelu Aweina and Xiao Qinde hurriedly got up and looked at the direction of the fire. Where was the place where the food and grass were stored.
The Khitans brought very little food and grass in combat, but this time they were helpless. In early spring, the grass on the Heiliao River had not yet grown, and the war horses had to eat grass. They were sparsely populated and could not get a large supply, so people had to eat. So they brought some food and grass.
The wind was not very strong this night, but the fire was about to burn half of the food and grass, and the three armies would become in a hurry.
Yelu Amuna hurriedly ordered someone to be sent to put out the fire.
Suddenly, there were bursts of shouts of killing from afar, and two men rushed towards the Liao army camp, one left and one right.
"Preparing for war." Yelu Aweina shouted quickly.
But at this time, the sound of horns and drums came from Xianzhou City, and people rushed out of the city.
When the night was dark, and the food and grass were burned, and there were countless enemies who killed them, the entire Liao army camp was in chaos.
Moreover, this ten thousand new forces are waiting for their leisure, and it is an army composed of fierce Jurchens. The Jurchens are only ten thousand, but they are invincible if they exceed ten thousand. That is compared with Wanyan Aguda and Nurhaci, the real Jurchens are not that evil.
However, in terms of military branches, in the era of cold weapons, there is no doubt that the Mongols and the Jurchens were very powerful.
More than 10,000 Jurchen warriors were like murderous demons, invincible in the Liao army camp.
Before dawn, the Liao army began to collapse.
The worst thing is that their enemies are not the Song army, which is mainly infantry, but all cavalry.
Several generals led these Jurchen soldiers to Shenzhou. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Liao officials in Shenzhou let go of the city and fled westward.
In the battle of Hei Liaohe, more than 16,000 Liao troops were killed and more than 21,000 Liao troops were captured.
However, the Jurchens had not stopped yet, and then they rushed to Tokyo, Liao, with nearly 30,000 troops with a reorganized surrendering plan.
Although the Liao Dynasty's Tokyo City was not as tall as Youzhou at this time, it could be regarded as a decent city. At least it was taller and stronger than the Wura City built in Wuxuanming in the depths of Liaodong.
However, at this time, the troops in Tokyo were empty and there were some troops, but they all brought Yelu Awuli to the front line. Although it was strong, it became an unprepared city. Wu Xuanming rushed into the city again, plundered countless people and property, and quickly withdrew back to Xianzhou.
The Tokyo area of the Liao Kingdom, one of the most prosperous areas of the Khitan, was destroyed in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, after obtaining these wealth and the people, the Jurchen tribes quickly became stronger. Because of the years of war with the Song Dynasty, the taxation increased, which once led to the Liao Dynasty's uprising in the Han Dynasty. When Wu Xuanming raised the flag of the Bohai Kingdom again, all the Liaodong tribes went to Xianzhou to attach themselves to the reign of the Han Dynasty.
The Khitan was shocked, and Emperor Jingzong of Liao hurriedly ordered Youzhou to arrange defenses, retract the main army, and prepare to clean up the rear.
But this will be a tragic offensive and defensive battle. Under the guidance of Song Jiu, starting from the lines of Xianzhou and Changchunzhou, it was led by several cities and built many defense lines. Regardless of victory or defeat, the Liao Kingdom will pay a heavy price.
The deadly Korean people have a keen sense of smell and are ready to move after hearing it.
But that has nothing to do with Song Jiu.
Taking advantage of the chaos in Liaodong, Song Jiu rushed to the sea from Tokyo, Liao Kingdom, and sent a signal that the ships prepared on the sea had arrived at the sea and picked up Song Jiu and Gao Qiong onto the ship.
Chapter completed!